The world's protected areas : status, values and prospects in the 21st century
2008
Chape, Stuart |
Jenkins, Martin |
Marton-Lefèvre, Julia |
Spalding, Mark |
Steiner, Achim |
Extensively illustrated with maps, color photographs, and graphics, this state-of-the-art reference offers a comprehensive and authoritative status report on the world's 100,000 parks, nature reserves, and other land and marine areas currently designated as protected areas. Now covering over 12 percent of the Earth's land surface, protected areas are the great strongholds of biodiversity and landscape conservation.